Carl Craig is God therefor Search & Destroy

Search: Innerzone Orchestra - 'Programmed', all versions of 'At Les', that BFC/Psyche compilation (esp. 'Crackdown' and 'How the West was Won', as 69 'My Computers', 'Desire' and 'Rushed' (all on the 69 compilation), first half of the Paperclip People comp. (with 'Throw', 'the Climax' and 'Floor'), first half of 'Landcruising' album. Most of 'More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art'.

Destroy: 2nd half of Landcruising. Never been too impressed with that 'God' remix.

Nah, but to get to your question: the dancefloor comes first of course, then you chill out afterwards, then you wake up make a cup of tea a listen to say...Carl Craig! Most of his stuff (save 69 and Paperclip People) isn't really dancefloor orientated. Dance music of course also works very well riding your bike, or as background for cleaning your house or UFO.

with a Basic Channel (!) remix on the B-side.

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WHAAAAAATTTT???!!!! [Explodes with joy]

Apparently, the biggest disappointment performance-wise was Atkins. Mix was too slow and not without its technical difficulties. The worst glitch hit during "No UFOs," quite eerie since the fest was sponsored by the auto company that uses the track in its new marketing campaign. High point was the Inner City reunion -- no surprise there.

Everyone was in full support of Carl Craig, wearing stickers and such. As for all the drama surrounding the organization of the fest, well, that's another thread (many corporate sponsorships of the tacky variety -- not good). They really need to keep him on if the festival is to prosper.

But okay, from that one album:

Search - "Blakula," holy shit, is this a great track. Weird & complex but groovy.

Destroy - "People Make The World Go Around." The only way I can stomach this is to pretend it's Ween doing a Tracy Chapman parody.

That remix of Can's Future Days was pretty neat too.

Just curious: but wasn't Domina a remix of E2-E4? I read somewhere that Maurizio's remix was rejected at the time by Gottsching. True?

I am going home now to listen to Dr. Eich over and over until I can stop bullets with my brainwaves, and then landcruising over and over until they actually make an affordable hover-bike

fucking INCREDIBLE.

nice to see "sandstorms" is the hot techhouse comp track of the year (detroit division) ... up there w/ "safari" and "token mathew jonson track", anyway.

Fuck that thing. Of course if CC want to trade it in for my original cd, I'll have a go.

But yeah Just Another Day is beautiful, I could gave used an album full of that stuff.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/6mix/

"mind of a machine" - the bass is much fatter on the new version, and it gets down to business much quicker (most of the new versions do). on the new disc, it maintains the pace instead of building tension. speaking of "the pace", it could definitely work as a slow tech-house stomper a la rob hood's "the pace". i sort of miss the electric guitar, but apart from that (and the thicker bass) he pretty much left it alone, although those crazy synth sweeps pop out quite a bit more.

"science fiction" - 95 version was the sound of the funky (909) drummer over the first stirrings of "at les" and echoes of "please stand by" and "ladies and gentlemen". great breakdown 2/3 of the way through and when it comes back ... those strings! the guitar!! it's like vangelis vs george duke!! this one is WAY different in the new version ... much more "techno". about 10 seconds in he drops the jetstream synth squelches all over the place, puts crazy phasing on the high-hats and snares and turns the bassline into a moroder-esque midrange percolator. here the breakdown isn't so much a breakdown as it is a sudden turn into extremely funky stripped-down groove territory. the new version KILLS the 95 version, as great as the early version was.

"a wonderful life" - well, you can't fuck with perfection. 95 version rules the school, ye fules, obviously. the new version is louder and has more stereo fx. it's also got more of a buildup, sort of climaxes where the first one starts. it's really heartbreaking, more poignant and dramatic, where the earlier version is just placid and beautiful ... i prefer the simplicity of the original but the new one's nice too.

so far 2/3 for the 95 version!!!

"technology" - funny, this time the drama synths are bigger in the original. in the new version, the synths seem a bit subtler, the beats are slightly tricked up and have more space to breathe. one for the 05 version, though the 95 is a close contender. it just makes more sense. four epics in a row is a bit suffocating - short and sweet is the order of the day on the new version and i think it makes sense (esp for a remix/remaster project where lots of consumers are already going to have the earlier version and in a post-p2p world where anybody can get an mp3 of the 95 versions...)

"they were" - the only track on the original that didn't really work for me. i just don't like pseudo-orchestral vibe all that much ... theo parrish and rob hood have both attempted stuff like this and it never works for me. the new version adds a bit of chatter to the drums and some new synth work. it still doesn't really work for me but at least takes the emphasis off those synth swoops and puts it on the chord progression and those great shivery 909 snares so it's much more listenable. also he adds a breakdown which gives that great wobbly bassline a moment to shine, when he overlays the martial snare on top it's a redeeming moment for the track. 05 version is a huge improvement.

"landcruising" - the old version is brilliant, but so short! the new version is almost twice as long and sounds much much better thanks to the remaster. that gorgeous sparkly starlit piano line comes floating out of the speakers in the new one and just floats in the air. totally magical remastering job.

"one day soon" - ok, this version is INSANE. i forget how the original sounded in 97 when i first got my hands on "landcruising" but now it just sounds like whatever, kraftwerk-italo-eno nostalgia piece. the new version runs everything through that crazy fuzzy sucking-down-the-drain filter we first saw on urban tribe's album, adds fat bass explosions halfway through, and adds new strings to the end. gorgeous!

"home entertainment" - the first version is pretty similar to the original, just a bit more going on in the way of development and dynamics. the freestyle/electro feel in the beat is a bit more explicit in the new version. the "caya dub" is a beatless exercise in vainquer-type ebb-and-flow. oh yeah, there's also a remix of "technology" called "technoloambient" that explores similar territory.

the new track, "sparkle" steals synths from something else he did ... off the top of my head, i don't remember what ... it rides along on a paperclip-people type mellow house beat, cool mellow synths and some funky bongo beats. kind of like what you imagine a CC remix of 90s larry heard would sound like. nice stuff.

Remix search : Dave Angel's Airborne. The "Drums Suck" ambient mix for 3 synths and a scream begs for a kick drum during twelve minutes. All AutoRepeat/Elin remixes. Mister Monday's Future on the Open/MoS label, Incognito's Out of the Storm, Jonny L's This Time.

Other goodies : Piece Free Your Mind [Past] b/w Free Your Soul [Future] on Planet E, Urban Culture on Eclipse Records (?), I Ner Zon ft. Naomi Daniel Stars.

http://z23.zupload.com/download.php?file=getfile&filepath=14684

The tracklisting goes like this:

T.Brookes+A.Soul - City Life (Craigs Caya Dub) -RushHour
Carl Craig - 4 My Peepz-planet e
Carl Craig - Darkness -planet e
Johnny L - This Time (Craig Mix) - XL
Paperclip People - Throw-planet e
Quadrant - Infinition(Craig Mix)-planet e
Psyche-Andromeda(Craig Mix)-Transmat
SpaceTime Continuum - Kairo Craig Remix-Reflective
Designer Music Vol 1 - Problemz-planet e
Dave Angel - Take Off (Craig Mix)-Blunted
Psyche-Elements-Planet e
Remake (eich me son sche)-planet e
Carl Craig vs. Johnny Blas - Picadillo 7-ubiquity
Paperclip People-Steam - Open
Inner City - Goodlife (Craig Mix) - Pias
Ultramarine - Hooter(Craig Rmx)-Real Soon
Carl Craig - Technology-planet e
Carl Craig - Climax(reworked)-Open
Chez Damier - Help Myself (Craig Mix)-KMS
69 - rushed-planet e/ R+S
Reese Project - I Believe(Craig Dub)-Giant/ Warner
BFC - Static Friendly-Fragile
Designer Music Vol. 1 - Good Girls-planet e
UFO - The Planet Plan (Craig Mix) - talkin loud
Paperclip People - Floor - planet e
Designer Music Vol 1 - Latin Chic behind door#1-planet e
Innerzone Orchestra - nitwit-planet e
Paperclip People - Paperclip Man- Open
69 - Extraterrestial Raggabeats - planet e
Innerzone Orchestra - Bug In the Bassbin - planet e
Carl Craig - No more Words - retroactive
BFC - Sleep - beechwood

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/6mix/
listen in NOW

it demands patience but it is a good listening experience. i wish i was more familiar with the source material.

You've heard "Bolero" believe me. This sounds very little to nothing like it.

you're right, just checked it out.

Some of ReComposed sounds ok and some of it just sounds like the Craig & Von Oswald were fiddling with loops and either unsure where to go with them/bored. Very little fire in this collaboration, I think.

no stateside release unfortunately.

Yeah I guess there is an issue with the copywrite on the pieces. :(

we'll be getting this in on CD and LP at amoeba in the next few weeks (next, i think) but It's not gonna be cheap, should be around $30 for both formats.

as for the music, I love it. best listened to in one sitting!

oh and if you're *not* in SF or LA you should be able to get it through Forced Exposure.

http://www.grandcrew.com/videos/50

i liked 'at les' but felt disappointed in 'domina'. i wish cc had used more effects on some of the instruments or participated a bit more in general but overall i think it was a great experiment. i'd love to see a show like that.

My jams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exiOXLzWhhQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9xG3oecr4&feature=related

Love the Jonny L one. The one that brings back big memories for me is his epic remix of Incognito's Out Of the Storm. I was big into Gilles Peterson's Kiss show in 1996 and this helped me transition into techno. It's all about 8m45s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuSMkoogblE

<3 this guy, #1 on my producer poll ballot. back on form this year too, with the cut copy remix and this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ebLbWdGEU

Also 2011 excellence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJak95XokUc&feature=related

I guess it's an "edit" because the changes are quite subtle, but extremely effective.

Oh wait this is from last year, I've just been playing/hearing it a lot this year, never mind

is he scared to release an album or what?

I was thinking this the other day. Maybe DJ touring and remixes pay better?

Dj touring and remixes pay. better?

ambivalent about a lot of carls 00s remixes..was never a fan of falling up, much prefer the orig

Wow, that Jonny L thing is fantastic ... I'd heard bits and pieces in mixes but not the whole thing.

Seeing him tonight in Oakland. Yesss.

Reviving 'cause I'm going to see him on Sat night and have realized that there are huge swathes of his output that I still know nothing about.
Help a bluffer....

It's being billed as a 69 live show, so I'm guessing anything he's done under the 69 alias would be the place to start?

favourite 69 specifically:
ladies and gentlemen
desire
jam the box
my machines
sub seducer
microlovr
rushed
pungtang

there were basically 4 eps released under that guise that were collected together as one lp 'the legendary adventures of a filter king', if you can find that you're laughing. not sure if he plays any of his non-69 stuff (guessing he does) but i'm jealous regardless.

Awesome, thanks :D

the 69 comp I've got is called "The Sound Of Music" and it's missing Ladies & Gentlemen and Puntang. 69 alias is my fave CC I think. Incognito remix my favorite remix.

I think the Paperclip People album is still my favourite.

http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-753065-1163709572.jpeg

^ Yeah I like the couple of Paperclip People tunes that I've heard so far, will check that out.
Got Ladies and Gentlemen by 69 playing just now and it's a jam for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUlFtgCKU_4

^^ god like

the blue vinyl with that on one side and 'bug in the bassbin' on the other is one of my most treasured possessions.

The "20 Years of Planet E" Essential Mix from last year is amazing:

http://soundcloud.com/r_co/carl-craig-20-years-of-planet

This guy is my favourite dude ever.

has anyone heard the tom trago remix yet?

"remix" - it's basically the original with some bits looped so he can mess around with the EQ, right? The original is stellar though so no complaints.

it's kind of amazing how much mileage rush hour's gotten out of "voyage direct"

buried down toward the bottom of the press sheet

"who needs c2 when you have t2? " (Olaf Boswijk, 11)

when I saw him he finished his set with "Strings Of Life" :O

Speaking of Carl Craig and "Strings of Life":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE8x4EZgOos

that's beautiful.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/23456

^^ wait for it ... wait for it ...

“The Climax” is like the obvious solution to seemingly impossible puzzle. It can’t be recreated or improved upon. Change my mind.

Is he anything like Craig David? Because they both have 'Craig' in their name and last names that could be first names.

In fairness, in those respects at least they are entirely alike.

Neurotic Behavior will always be my C2 POO. A kosmische gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=v4yeiImcjwk

Carl's remix of Johnny Blas - Picadillo, sometimes overlooked (or maybe it isn't!)

Piccadillo mix is great but the Out of the Storm remix is my POO for CC.

Never heard Picadillo! Awesome, thanks for that.

Neurotic Behavior (beatless), Desire and Ladies And Gentlemen forever my PO3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=294&v=ng4sF1xoGFI&feature=emb_title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng4sF1xoGFI

I'm on the wrong coast (especially during a pandemic), but Dia Beacon recently reopened and this is on view there: https://www.diaart.org/exhibition/exhibitions-projects/carl-craig-partyafter-party-exhibition

Never heard Picadillo! Awesome, thanks for that.